Wildlife Spotted in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula: Photo Blog of an Ecotour

These photos of Costa Rica wildlife including endangered amphibians were taking during an ecotour by Crocodile Bay guests.  They capture the vast biodiversity that inhabits this small area.

Red Eyed Tree Frog
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 Red Eyed Tree Frog of Costa Rica.

Sleeping Sloth
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 Peacefully sleeping sloth.

Costa Rica Collared Antea
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Costa Rica Collared Antea makes his way up a tree in the rainforest.

Ocelot Running in Costa Rica
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 Ocelot making a run for it.

Frog
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Night time vision, another exotic frog spotted in the jungle.

Moth
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 Moth hanging out by a tree.

Butterfly
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One of the many beautiful exotic butterflies of Costa Rica.

Bug
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 A tiny frog about to jump into hiding behind some rocks.

Hiding Sloth
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 Sloth hiding out behind some foliage.

Costa Rica Morpho
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The beautiful monarch butterfly of Costa Rica.

Sportfishing Calendar

January

Tuna, marlin and dorado taper off. Number of sailfish begins to increase.

February

Prime time for sailfish. Occassional marlin, tuna or dorado.

March

Prime time for sailfish.

April

Sailfish numbers drop mid-April and some marlin begin to appear.

May

Slower for billfish. Typically we start seeing schools of spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

June

Slower for billfish. Spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

July

Marlin begin to appear. A chance for black marlin as well as blues and striped marlin. A chance for tuna.

August

Marlin and tuna.

September

Slower for billfish. A chance for tuna and dorado.

October

Dorado begin to appear in numbers with marlin close behind.

November

A mixed bag of dorado, marlin and some big tuna.

December

Marlin, dorado, tuna and sailfish are all possibilities.